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What Happened to Blackwater Grill After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 9 Saint Simons Island, Georgia

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Blackwater Grill has closed — confirmed via Yelp, October 2025.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing updated October 2025 marks Blackwater Grill as permanently closed, and no current website or ordering page could be found for the business. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Blackwater Grill in the episode "Farm To Table" (S9E9, aired 2010-06-28), featuring the restaurant's Lowcountry and Cajun-influenced seafood, including gumbo, shrimp and grits, and other coastal Georgia dishes built around fresh local seafood. Blackwater Grill was a restaurant at 260 Redfern Village on St. Simons Island, Georgia, that operated for more than two decades, according to the Food Network's restaurant listing for the business. A Yelp listing updated October 2025 marks Blackwater Grill as permanently closed, and Yellow Pages carries no current hours or ordering information for the location. No working website could be located for the business as of this check.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 9

Episode 9
Aired
Title: Farm To Table · What was featured: Lowcountry and Cajun seafood dishes at a coastal Georgia grill
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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/blackwater-grill-saint-simons-island-3
  2. yellowpages.com https://www.yellowpages.com/saint-simons-island-ga/mip/blackwater-grill-13809828
  3. foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/ga/st-simons-island/blackwater-grill-restaurant
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Record ddd-0339 · checked by Cal Marchetti.